The article presents abstracts of internet resources on industrial relations selected by the Institute of Industrial Relations Library of the University of California at Berkeley which includes work from websites of California Coalition on Workers' Compensation (CCWC), Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) and Education Policy Initiative (EPI)

Legal status affects the use of public welfare and insurance and private assistance programs by families of farm workers. Families of unauthorized immigrants are more likely to use public medical assistance and less likely to use other public transfer programs than authorized immigrants and citizens. Unauthorized immigrants with young children in the United States are slightly more likely to use welfare, and welfare recipients are slightly more likely to have young children here.

This study assesses the effects of employer and union organizing tactics on union election wins versus losses, the percentage of votes, and the time between election and first contract signing. The data were obtained from the organizing staff of a large international union. The results showed that some tactics resulted in expected election outcomes, but others resulted in unexpected outcomes.